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21 дышать на ладан
разг. to be at death's door, to have one foot in the grave, to be at one's last gaspРусско-английский словарь по общей лексике > дышать на ладан
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22 ладан
муж.incense, frankincense••дышать на ладан разг. — be at death's door, have one foot in the grave; to be in one's last days
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23 ладан
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24 дышать
(тв.)breathe (d.), respire (d.)тяжело дышать — pant; ( запыхаться) puff, blow*, puff and blow*; ( задыхаться) gasp
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дышать местью — breathe vengeanceдышать на ладан, еле дышать — be at death's door, have one foot in the grave
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м.incense, frankincense♢
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26 стоять одной ногой в могиле
разг.Вот он состарился, одичал, одной ногой в могиле стоит, а нет на свете существа, которое приблизилось бы к нему, "пожалело" бы его. (М. Салтыков-Щедрин, Господа Головлёвы) — Here he was old, solitary, with one foot in the grave, and there was not a single creature in the whole world who would go near him and pity him.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > стоять одной ногой в могиле
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27 край
I муж.1) edge, border, fringe; (b)rim (сосуда); brink (пропасти и т. п.)на краю гибели — on the brink/verge of disaster/ruin
на краю могилы, у края могилы — at death's door, one foot in the grave
с неровными краями — ( о бумаге) deckle-edged
литься через край — overflow, brim over
полный до краев — full to the brim, brim-full
через край — limitless, without limit, enough and to spare
2) (часть туши)- тонкий край••бить через край — to burst forth, to brim over
краем уха — half listen ( слушать); to overhear, happen to hear ( слышать)
хватить через край — разг. to go a little too far, to carry things to extremes
- на край светахлебнуть через край — разг. to have (more than) one's share of sorrow/misfortune
- на краю света II муж.1) (страна, местность)land, countryв наших краях — in our corner of the world, in our neck of the woods
чужие края — foreign/strange lands
krai, territory
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